Connecticut western news., 1887-09-07
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ', 1887.
THURSDAY, AUG. 25,

THURSDAY, AUG. 25.
 Thursday was beautiful day and the services were held out of doors. It is estimated that fully 1900 people listen ed to the morning sermon, which was by Dr Ielehart, of the Newark confer ence. The following is a condensed report of the sermon.
 Jno. 3-1S. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever, etc.
 There is but one book, the Bible, be- cause it is the only book that can tell how to be happy forever. There is but one verse in the Bible, the text, into which is compressed the substance of all the word. Nicodemus was 8 truth seeker. God knew that we would never get his ideas from nature and SO He gave Us the written word.
 He had to come to earth in human form, knowing that we could not get His ideas even from the word of inspiration. Mind is the strongest force in the world. The human mind has produced almost everything that is of practical use to us. Love is the strongest force in mind. Take out the love element and the wheels of industry would stop. God loved this world not because there is anything in us to love, but because He is love. There is no rose so bright as the rose on child's cheek !; no diamond that sparkles like child's eye; there is no music like that of 8 child's voice. It means infinitely more to God to give His son than for an earthly father to love his child. God gave His son as an atonement for our sins. How I hate the sins that nailed my Saviour to the tree. believe much in the blood of Christ. There was room in the life boat for either Christ or the race. He put the race into the boat and He went down in the terrible depths of the sea. The text shows the lost condition of the race. The word "perish" comes from the Redeemer. We are prone to forget that men will die if they sin. Some say God is too good to punish the sinner. I may stand in front of an engine and disregard the law of inertia, we ought not to expect the good God to save us. The laws of the universe are finger boards pointing to the spiritual law of love. Evolution is not the law of nature. A field left to itself will 20 to weeds. Degeneration is the law of nature.
 How shall we avail ourselves of the atonement By believing in Christ's atonement, Is the answer of the Saviour. The condition is simple, the most natur al in the world. It is the law of harmo- ny between minds. We do not know why the life which touches Christ is magnetized, but the fact we do know. There is an ininitude of joyfulness in our hearts because of the salvation that comes by Christ. All heavens sweet ness seems thrown about the soul that believes in Christ. The cross of Christ lifts us up from depravity to holiness.
 Life Is everywhere. It flies in every niche of air, crawlsi in every clod of earth, survives in every drop of water. What IS life know only it's manifes- tation. Life IS the correspondence of an organism to environment. God will give an eternal environment to limit less capacity, and so we shall have eternal life. This planet of ours is too small for eternal life this body is too small and too frail for eternal life. We ! are on the shores of an infinite sea. Ages of enjoyment are before us. Death is nothing but stream across which we see faces and touch hands and mingle spirits. Not the odor of the charmed house comes to us, but the scent of the Rose of Sharon and the Lilly of; the Valley. Everlasting beauty and end less melody is for us.
 In the afternoon Dr J. M. King, of New York, preached from "He that giveth cup of cold water in disci- ple's name shall not lose his reward
 In the evening Edmund Lewis, oi Rhinebeck, delivered pleasing dis course from Mat B.
 Friday was again pleasant, and a large number of people were on the grounds during the day. Dr J. G. Oakley, of New York, preached in the morning, Dr Streeter, of Bridgeport, in the afternoon, and Rev Mir Oliver, of Garrisons. in the evening.
 The closing exercises of the years meetings were held at Saturday morn ing's love feast, at which about 50 peo- pie gave testimony to the spiritual blessings received during the exercises of the assemblies and of the regular camp meeting.
 JoTTINGs
 About half dozen boys drove a tn. tying business as boot blacks Thurs day.
 The praise services, held daily, were under the direction of President Robert. son, ard were spirited and profitable
 w. A. Mackey had charge of the 6 30 .. n. Bible readings. The series oi asSzz zS *zs [